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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kyoko's objection to Gohtaro's plan to travel back into the past?
(a) She does not believe it is really possible.
(b) She thinks it will be alarming for his friend.
(c) She thinks he is not being honest with himself about what he hopes to achieve.
(d) She believes that it is unnatural to try to subvert the normal flow of time.

2. Who is the author of Tales from the Café?
(a) Haruki Murakami.
(b) Hiromi Kawakami.
(c) Toshikazu Kawaguchi.
(d) Junichiro Tanizaki.

3. When Gohtaro returns to the present, what is the first thing that he wants to do?
(a) Get out of the ghost chair before Kaname returns.
(b) Check the recording of Shuichi to make sure it was not all a dream.
(c) Thank Nagare for saving him twice during his journey into the past.
(d) Find out from Kazu who Kaname really is.

4. What is Kyoko's younger brother's name?
(a) Yukio.
(b) Akihito.
(c) Masaru.
(d) Haruto.

5. Whom does Gohtaro think that the woman who seems to be the young girl's mother looks very like?
(a) Kaname.
(b) Miki.
(c) Kazu.
(d) Kyoko.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 71, how does Nagare react to Yukio's sudden appearance in the past?

2. Who is Nagare?

3. Whom does the narrative compare to "a sentry guarding a castle" (28)?

4. What does Gohtaro surmise about the woman who seems to be the girl's mother from her conversation with Nagare?

5. What does Kyoko believe about her brother not attending their mother's funeral?

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